Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era
IntroductionInter- and transdisciplinary research (ITDR) is increasingly promoted to address “wicked problems”, particularly in health sectors adopting approaches like Ecohealth. Our Ecohealth-inspired project on rodent-borne diseases, initiated just before the COVID-19 pandemic, provided an opportu...
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| author | Isabelle Arpin Clémence Massart Vincent Bourret Guillaume Castel Valeria Carolina Colombo Jana Eccard Jasmin Firozpoor Maciej Grzybek Heikki A. Henttonen Herwig Leirs Andrew McManus Ben Roche Tarja Sironen Vincent Sluydts Peter Stuart Annetta Zintl Nathalie Charbonnel |
| author_facet | Isabelle Arpin Clémence Massart Vincent Bourret Guillaume Castel Valeria Carolina Colombo Jana Eccard Jasmin Firozpoor Maciej Grzybek Heikki A. Henttonen Herwig Leirs Andrew McManus Ben Roche Tarja Sironen Vincent Sluydts Peter Stuart Annetta Zintl Nathalie Charbonnel |
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| description | IntroductionInter- and transdisciplinary research (ITDR) is increasingly promoted to address “wicked problems”, particularly in health sectors adopting approaches like Ecohealth. Our Ecohealth-inspired project on rodent-borne diseases, initiated just before the COVID-19 pandemic, provided an opportunity to evaluate ITDR implementation.MethodsWe employed a recently developed semi-quantitative evaluation method to measure our project’s success in achieving ITDR and analyzed factors influencing this achievement.ResultsThe project showed strengths in system description, team task allocation, and data sharing, but had lower scores in engaging societal actors throughout the project cycle.DiscussionWe identified the underexplored influence of problem wickedness as a critical determinant of ITDR success. Addressing rodent-borne diseases, a less wicked problem, limited engagement potential but enabled constructive dialog with local actors. These insights are vital for addressing variably wicked problems in a polycrisis era. We propose recommendations to strengthen researchers’ capacities, particularly in Ecohealth. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-760d105c070c4fcd8c1e81ce32b0fa6d2025-01-29T14:47:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Veterinary Science2297-17692024-12-011110.3389/fvets.2024.12351831235183Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis eraIsabelle Arpin0Clémence Massart1Vincent Bourret2Guillaume Castel3Valeria Carolina Colombo4Jana Eccard5Jasmin Firozpoor6Maciej Grzybek7Heikki A. Henttonen8Herwig Leirs9Andrew McManus10Ben Roche11Tarja Sironen12Vincent Sluydts13Peter Stuart14Annetta Zintl15Nathalie Charbonnel16Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Grenoble, FranceInstitut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Grenoble, FranceComportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage (CEFS), Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Toulouse, FranceCentre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Montpellier, FranceUniversity of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumUniversity of Potsdam, Potsdam, GermanyUniversity of Potsdam, Potsdam, GermanyMedical University of Gdańsk, Gdansk, PolandNatural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, FinlandUniversity of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumMunster Technological University, Cork, IrelandUMR5290 Maladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle (MIVEGEC), Montpellier, France0University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandUniversity of Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumMunster Technological University, Cork, Ireland1University College Dublin, Dublin, IrelandCentre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP), Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Montpellier, FranceIntroductionInter- and transdisciplinary research (ITDR) is increasingly promoted to address “wicked problems”, particularly in health sectors adopting approaches like Ecohealth. Our Ecohealth-inspired project on rodent-borne diseases, initiated just before the COVID-19 pandemic, provided an opportunity to evaluate ITDR implementation.MethodsWe employed a recently developed semi-quantitative evaluation method to measure our project’s success in achieving ITDR and analyzed factors influencing this achievement.ResultsThe project showed strengths in system description, team task allocation, and data sharing, but had lower scores in engaging societal actors throughout the project cycle.DiscussionWe identified the underexplored influence of problem wickedness as a critical determinant of ITDR success. Addressing rodent-borne diseases, a less wicked problem, limited engagement potential but enabled constructive dialog with local actors. These insights are vital for addressing variably wicked problems in a polycrisis era. We propose recommendations to strengthen researchers’ capacities, particularly in Ecohealth.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1235183/fullwicked problemswickednessinterdisciplinary researchtransdisciplinary researchEcohealthrodent-borne diseases |
| spellingShingle | Isabelle Arpin Clémence Massart Vincent Bourret Guillaume Castel Valeria Carolina Colombo Jana Eccard Jasmin Firozpoor Maciej Grzybek Heikki A. Henttonen Herwig Leirs Andrew McManus Ben Roche Tarja Sironen Vincent Sluydts Peter Stuart Annetta Zintl Nathalie Charbonnel Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era Frontiers in Veterinary Science wicked problems wickedness interdisciplinary research transdisciplinary research Ecohealth rodent-borne diseases |
| title | Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era |
| title_full | Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era |
| title_fullStr | Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era |
| title_short | Achieving inter- and transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: insights from a rodent-borne disease project in a polycrisis era |
| title_sort | achieving inter and transdisciplinarity in ecohealth insights from a rodent borne disease project in a polycrisis era |
| topic | wicked problems wickedness interdisciplinary research transdisciplinary research Ecohealth rodent-borne diseases |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1235183/full |
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